If you get gibberish text, the page may be upside down. or, you may be too far, or too close to the text. the tips say to hold it about a forearm's length away. Or perhaps 6-8 inches from the page. The 4, you'll just need to keep practicing to get useable results. :)
On Aug 20, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > Anyone got any hints on using this app? I have an iPhone 4 and just got > rubbish results when I scanned something. I know the lighting was ok but > obviously the camera on the iPhone 4 is not the best. How close do you hold > the camera? I was holding it still and, I think square on. Does it mind if > things are upside down? > Any hints on using this app greatly appreciated. > Lisette > > On 21/08/2012, at 11:16 AM, Rachel Feinberg <walksi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Eugenia, >> >> The tips do say to unlock the orientation, however, since the app goes into >> landscape mode, automatically, I think not unlocking it shouldn't set you >> back at all. If, for some reason, it does, then you can try to unlock the >> orientation and try again. If your scanning experiences are the same, then >> you can choose what method to use. >> Good luck, and enjoy scanning! >> rachel >> On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> HiRachel >>> I have a question about text detective? It says to use unlock mode when >>> doing the scan. What if you forget? I just did that and it sounded like it >>> went in to unlock mode automatically. However, when I checked it, it was >>> still locked. So, I unlocked it and start over. Do you have to do that? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
